Universities Uncovered. Ask your university to tell the truth about sweatshops

Between 10 -14 of May, spread the word about your university’s attitude towards sweatshops. Join the Tweetathon.

Students at universities across the country will next week be asking their universities to ‘uncover’ their attitudes to protecting workers from sweatshop abuse. Join the Universities Uncovered Tweetathon

Universities and student unions are big buyers of clothes, from hoodies and sweatshirts, to staff uniforms, to sports kits.

Companies like Nike and Fruit of the Loom sell garments to universities. But how they treat their workers has been criticised. Issues such as: 80 hour weeks, physical and mental abuse, and stopping workers joining unions.

Join the Universities Uncovered Tweetathon and get Tweeting! For those who are not part of the Twitterarti, we are using Facebook too to uncover our universities’ attititudes, and call on them to join the Worker Rights Consortium.